1 ¶ I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy marvellous works.

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High

I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!

3 b ecause my enemies are turned back; they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.

4 F or thou hast accomplished my judgment and my cause; thou didst sit in the throne judging according to righteousness.

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.

5 T hou hast reprehended the Gentiles, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and the cities that thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them.

The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.

7 B ut the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment.

But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

8 A nd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

9 T he LORD also will be a refuge to the humble, a refuge for the time of trouble.

The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).

10 A nd those that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those that seek thee.

And they who know Your name will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You.

11 ¶ Sing unto the LORD, he who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his doings.

Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings!

12 W hen he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.

For He Who avenges the blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).

13 H ave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,

14 t hat I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy saving health.

That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.

15 T he Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid their own foot is taken.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.

16 T he LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah.

The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah!

17 T he wicked shall be put into Sheol, all the Gentiles that forget God.

The wicked shall be turned back into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God.

18 F or the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.

19 A rise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You.

20 P ut fear into them, O LORD: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah!